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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• drift (subs.):
    1. I. A heap formed by the wind or other cause: agger, ĕris, m.: earth shapeless with snow-d.s, aggeribus niveis informis terra, Virg. Phr.: d.s of snow, *vis nivis exaggeratae (Kr.): d.-wood, *ligna ad litus delata.
    2. II. Violent impulse: impĕtus, ūs: v. impulse, violence.
    3. III. Tendency, aim: Phr.: what is the d. of this discourse, quorsum haec tendit oratio? Cic.: the d. of this is ..., hoc eo pertinet ut ..., Cic.: in fine the d. of my determination is this, denique summa judicii mei spectat huc, ut ...; Ant. in Cic.: to pay attention (only) to the general d. of (a speech), universitati (sermonis) attendere (opp. to, particulas ejus persequi), Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 3: it is not easy to see the man's d., *haud facile perspicias quid sibi velit: v. to mean.